Date Open: Immediately
Date Closed: Until filled
Title: Assistant Attorney General
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General is currently seeking a full-time Assistant Attorney General for civil litigation in our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Position Summary:
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and prosecutes fraud perpetrated in the Medicaid system. Additionally, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and prosecutes abuse, neglect, exploitation, and drug diversion in long-term board and care facilities. Further, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit pursues and litigates civil enforcement actions involving subject areas such as fraud, abuse, neglect, exploitation, and drug diversion.
The successful candidate for this position will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team of investigative agents, auditors/analysts, and attorneys, seeking civil remedies such as financial restitution and penalties, divestment or forfeiture, and exclusions from the Medicaid system. The successful candidate for this position should have sound legal judgment, strong research and analysis skills, and the ability to understand and communicate complex information and legal issues. The Assistant Attorney General serving in this position will review evidence, prepare and file civil actions in the appropriate court, conduct civil Discovery, draft and respond to motions and other court filings, attend hearings, negotiate settlements, and take matters to trial as needed.
The attorney accepting this position must maintain the integrity of the Attorney General’s Office, as well as the confidentiality of information as required by the Oklahoma Attorney General. In-state travel, including some over-night travel, is expected.
Qualifications:
Qualified candidates must be a licensed attorneys in good standing with the Oklahoma State Bar. Effective research, writing, and advocacy skills are required. All qualified applicants will be considered.
All applicants must agree in writing to complete, and satisfactorily pass, a thorough background investigation by the Office of Attorney General.
How to apply:
A writing sample must accompany a resume to be considered. Please send resume and writing sample to [email protected] and indicate which particular position you are applying for in the subject line of the email.
The Oklahoma Office of Attorney General is an equal opportunity employer. All individuals are welcome to seek employment with the Oklahoma Office of Attorney General regardless of race, sex, color, age, national origin, genetic information, religion, or disability, so long as the disability does not render the person unable to perform the essential functions of the position for which employed with or without a reasonable accommodation. All employees of the Oklahoma Office of Attorney General are “at will” employees.